Inkster City Council votes to cut $2M from police department

The city of Inkster soon will be without at least 21 police officers after a vote Thursday night by City Council members.

INKSTER, Mich. -

The city of Inkster soon will be without at least 21 police officers after a vote Thursday night by City Council members.

The City Council decided to cut $2 million from the city's police department as part of the proposed budget. The department's budget was cut to $4 million which means it will have to let at least 21 officers go.

The layoff notices will go out immediately and layoffs will take effect June 30.

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There are currently 37 full-time police officers and 10 part-time police officers with the Inkster Police Department.

There have been discussions with the Wayne County Sheriff's Department about a possible absorption of the Inkster Police Department.

It's unclear what the city's plan is from this point forward.

Inkster police respond to drive-by shooting Thursday night

Many Inkster police officers could not be present for the vote because they were responding to a drive-by shooting at a house.

The shooting on Yale Street left one man with a gunshot wound. Several rounds were fired into the home.

The man's condition was not known.

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